Updated April 12, 2002
This policy describes the city of McKinney, Texas’ privacy practices regarding information collected from and
provided to visitors to the site, www.mckinneytexas.org and all departmental sites
contained within. It contains information about specific data collected and how that information is used.
This privacy statement applies to this web site and all websites of the city of McKinney. When you follow a link to
another site, even the sites of other governmental agencies, this policy will not apply. You should check the
privacy policy of each of these sites if you have concerns about how they handle personally identifiable information.
This statement may be updated periodically; please check back from time to time.
Collection and Use of Information
The city of McKinney does not sell or rent personally identifiable information.
Please be aware that when you provide information to any government entity, however, that
information may be subject to the Texas Public Information Act and applicable federal legislation.
Information about the Texas Public Information Act is available from the Office of the Attorney General at:
http://www.oag.state.tx.us/opinopen/opengovt.htm
The city of McKinney may be legally required to provide personally identifiable information to the appropriate
governmental authorities. The City of McKinney will cooperate with law enforcement agencies in identifying those
who use our services for illegal activities. We reserve the right to report to law enforcement agencies any
activities deemed to be illegal.
If You Send Us Personal Information
If you choose to provide us with personal information - as in filling out a form, an online transaction
and/or email - we use that information to process your request, complete a transaction, or respond to your message.
We do not collect personal information for any purpose other than to serve or respond to you.
We only share information you give us with another governmental or business agency, if your inquiry/transaction
relates to that agency or business, or as otherwise required by law.
Information Collected and Stored Automatically
If you do nothing during your visit but browse through the website, read pages, or download information,
we will gather and store certain information about your visit automatically. This information does not identify
you personally. We automatically collect and store only the following information about your visit:
1. The type of browser and operating system used to access our site;
2. The date and time you access our site;
3. The pages your visit; and
4. If you linked to the city of McKinney website from another website, the address of that website.
We use this information to help us make our site more useful to visitors - to learn about the number of visitors to
our site and the types of technology our visitors use. We do not track or record information
about individuals and their visits.
Links to Non-City of McKinney Sites
The city of McKinney website and all its related departmental websites have links
to many other governmental agencies and organizations, both public and private.
Once you link to another non-city of McKinney site, you are subject to the privacy policy
of the new site.
E-Mail Request for Information
We use links throughout our site to provide you with the opportunity to contact us by
e-mail to ask questions, request information and materials, or provide comments and suggestions.
You may also request the opportunity to have one of our employees contact you personally to provide
additional information about our services. To do so, we may request additional personal information
from you to help us satisfy your request. The information requested will not be rented or sold to outside
firms for any purpose.
E-Commerce Tracking of Online Transactions
For online government transactions conducted on this site, you will be asked to enter certain
information about yourself. The specifics of this information will vary as required by the type of
transaction. The information requested will include the same information that would be requested if you
performed the identical transaction in person rather than online. Whenever personal information is requested
from you on this site, there will be an indication of whether your disclosure of such information is mandatory or
optional. Information collected in the course of the transaction is used for the purposes of conducting online
transactions with the appropriate governmental entities (e.g., the payment of utility bills, the renewal of a
license, permit or the like); to send you an email confirming your transaction; to forward new announcements
or content features to you, only if you have chosen to request this service.
Notification of Changes to this Privacy Statement
If a material change is made to the Privacy Statement and/or the way we use personally identifiable information,
we will prominently post the nature of such change on the first page of this Statement. In no event will any
such change to this statement apply with respect to data previously collected through this site.
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